Community Tasting Notes 6

• castle.rob@gmail.com Likes this wine: 90 points

  November 11, 2023 - Thumbs up from Tracy

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• Tgood wrote: 88 points

  October 2, 2023 - Pale pastel yellow - shy clean nose of grapefruit oil and chalk - tart tart grapefruit and satsuma juice - moderately lengthy on palate with a clean tart slightly bitter finish - proverbial food wine - especially something rich and creamy - nice juice but not a showy light aperitif

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• jviz wrote: 87 points

  June 14, 2023 - This was a bit austere and lifeless to me. Not a bottle I’m eager to replace.

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• forceberry wrote: 91 points

  May 27, 2023 - 100% organically farmed Chenin Blanc from the communes Montreuil-Bellay, Brézé, and Bizay. Vineyard age ranging from the average age of 85 yo in Brézé to the average age of 30 yo in Bizay. Fermented spontaneously in stainless steel tanks. Aged for 12 months in old French oak barriques. 13% alcohol.
  
  Quite youthful and intense yellow-green color. Aromas of ripe golden apples, some waxy tones, a little bit of mineral spice, light citrus nuances and a hint of creaminess. The wine feels ripe and a bit concentrated yet very dry and precise on the palate with a meidum-to-moderately full body and quite intense flavors of juicy golden apples and white peaches, some mineral notes of wet rocks and chalk dust, a little bit of extracted bitterness, light spicy nuances, a hint of creaminess suggesting oak aging and a touch of pomelo. The brisk, incisive acidity lends good sense of structure and freshness to the wine. The finish is ripe and concentrated with a long, dry and pretty intense aftertaste of fresh Fuji apples, some sweet white peach notes, a little bit of apple peel bitterness, light stony mineral nuances, a waxy hint of extracted character and a touch of creaminess.
  
  A very youthful yet still very impressive, clean and precise Chenin with great sense of freshness and depth. Despite the warm, dry vintage, this wine is not lacking one little bit in acidity or poise - but true to the vintage, it is still pretty ripe and concentrated in nature. There seems to be also quite a bit of dry extract here, giving the wine not only sense of concentration and substance, but also a little bit of spicy bitterness. I hope this character doesn't start to get more pronounced as the wine ages and loses its baby fat. As a whole, this wine is a terrific effort right now, but it seems to hold quite a bit of promise for the future as well. Fine stuff that can be enjoyed at the moment, but aged for another decade or even more. Recommended.

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• Rodenbach99 Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 18, 2023 - La robe a une belle concentration, jaune foncé. Un nez de silex, de pierre à fusil. Une bouche longue, très longue avec des saveurs d'agrumes et d'ananas. Il tiendra la route.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2020
• Type White
• Producer Domaine Guiberteau
• Varietal Chenin Blanc
• Designation Blanc
• Vineyard Les Moulins
• Country France
• Region Loire Valley
• SubRegion Anjou-Saumur
• Appellation Saumur
• UPC Codes 3554770125397, 628011805317

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• Pending Delivery 2 (1%)
• In Cellars 134 (78%)
• Consumed 36 (21%)

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